POETRY. Yet wicked men did him accuse Bless his name Before a court of spiteful Jews Bless his name; Who having with strange mockery tried, So for our sins the Saviour died Bless his name. O then we'll sing his wondrous love Come and join And by our piety approve Come and join That we are his. To him we'll give Kirkbystephen. A SUMMER SONG. How beautiful the deep blue sky! How sweet the breath of lovely flowers When swiftly passing summer showers With golden fruit the laden trees Make joyous summer all life's hours- 79 T. B. 80 VARIETIES. VARIETIES. THE SABBATH DAY. A poor man died on the gallows some time ago, for the awful crime of murder. What do you think he said was the first step to his getting into It was breaking the Sabbath. Had he kept to the Sabbath school, instead of wandering in the fields amongst bad companions, how different might have been his end. "Remember the Sabbath day to crime? keep it holy." THE GEM OF THE EXHIBITION. We "This case," said a gentleman a few days ago, as he stood near the Koh-i-noor diamond, "is worth more than all the rest of the Great Exhibition." differ with his opinion. There is a stand in an obscure part of the building, containing the "Pearl of Great Price," translated into one hundred and forty different languages, by the British and Foreign Bible Society. We regard this as the "Gem" of the Exhibition, and hope that the committee will give it a place by the side of the Great Diamond, so that this lamp of life-THE BIBLE-may be seen by man and women of all Nations. POLITENESS AT HOME. 99.66 Always speak with the utmost politeness and deferSome children are ence to your parents and friends. polite and civil everywhere, except at home; but there they are coarse and rude enough. I trust you will never be one of these. Titles of respect, too, should not be forgotten. "Yes, sir," and No, sir," Yes, ma'am," and "No, ma'am," sound much better, as well as much more refined and well-bred, than the blunt "Yes" and "No," which many children in these days are accustomed to use. Nothing sits so gracefully upon children, and nothing makes them so lovely, as habitual respect and meek deportment towards their parents and superiors. It makes the plainest face beautiful, and gives to every common action a nameless and peculiar charm. THE RABBITS. WELL now, what can be said about the rabbits? I think I hear my young readers exclaiming"What can be the meaning of putting such a subject as this in the Dew-Drop?" Let us see. Our blessed Saviour, Jesus, got most precious lessons from as insignificant creatures as rabbits; and he is willing to teach us most delightful truths from the most humble objects. You see in your little picture a boy and girl feeding their rabbits; can you imagine how fondly they love, and how kindly they care for these tiny creatures? I think you can form some idea of their heart's feelings for what is their little flock, and almost all their wealth. Suppose you had a few of these nice little things, and that you had fed and cared for them most kindly, and suppose that one of them had wandered away from you, and was in danger of being destroyed by some hungry dog that prowled in the neighbourhood, how would you feel? Would you ever be able to forget your little wanderer? Would you not be likely to go after it, and to search every corner till you should find it out? And when you got it, wouldn't you take it in your arms and come home rejoicing? No doubt you would. And still more, I think you would be apt to tell all around you how delighted you were that you had found your little stray thing. Well, do you remember what Jesus says, as recorded in the Gospel by Luke, in the fifteenth chapter? He speaks of a man having an hundred sheep, and one of them has wandered and is lost. Now a man feels to his sheep just as a little boy or girl feel to their rabbits. Hence Jesus says he goes after it, and seeks till he finds it. He then puts it on his shoulder and carries it home rejoicing. He also tells all his neighbours to be glad with him, because he has found his sheep which was lost. Now God feels to the souls of men and women and children as this man feels toward his sheep, and as children do to their little flocks. He is deeply, deeply interested in us all, and counts us as his wealth. When the mind of any little boy or girl wanders away from thinking about God, and ceases from trusting in Jesus, He feels that one of his precious flock has strayed from him, and is in danger of the jaws of the roaring lion, who goes about seeking whom he may devour. |